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How to obtain the size of a Application Directory in iPhone?


(NSString *)
getApplicationUsage{

    double directorySizeInBytes = 0.0f;

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSApplicationDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

    NSString *pathStr = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

    pathStr = [pathStr stringByDeletingLastPathComponent];  //REMOVE THE LAST PATH COMPONENT i.e /Applications

    NSDirectoryEnumerator *enumrator = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] enumeratorAtPath:pathStr];


    for (NSString *itemPath in enumrator) {

        itemPath = [pathStr stringByAppendingPathComponent:itemPath];

        NSDictionary *attr  =   [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:itemPath error:nil];

        directorySizeInBytes = directorySizeInBytes + [[attr objectForKey:NSFileSize] doubleValue];

    }


    NSString *applicationUsage = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%0.0f MB",directorySizeInBytes /1000000];
    return applicationUsage;
}

Solution

  • How about this?

    - (unsigned long long) sizeOfFolderAtPath:(NSString *)path {
        NSArray *files = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] subpathsOfDirectoryAtPath:path error:nil];
        NSEnumerator *enumerator = [files objectEnumerator];
        NSString *fileName;
        unsigned long long size = 0;
        while (fileName = [enumerator nextObject]) {
            size += [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileAttributesAtPath:[folderPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName] traverseLink:YES] fileSize];
        }
        return size;
    }